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How Reality TV Effects Real Life
Unscripted with no plot, reality television shows have been growing more and more popular. For a person on the show, their goal is monetary value and fame, however the young viewers watching are imitating the behaviors associated with these shows and encouraged that these actions are OK. Reality television has tremendously impacted our society because of the drama that has been programmed. What we don’t take into consideration is the fact that sometimes these shows are nothing but drama filled stories that has trumped what once was called values.
Fact is, these shows has taken over the airwaves and in addition taken away a few values that were once beneficial to society. The most watched reality shows send negative messages subliminally to some viewers simply because they identify with these what these reality stars are doing. A lot of the younger viewers think that these people are role models, do not understand how to discipline themselves enough to leave the entertainment world in their fantasies. Fighting, personal intimacy, teen pregnancy and suicides were once things not thrown into every scene of the media. “The more people are exposed to any message, even terrible ones, the more likely they will be accepted as the norm. (Taylor, 2011) They idolize these regular people and do not understand that these shows are not to be reenacted. These actors know that if they add...

...﻿1 Why were the cities forced to consider downsizing?
The cities were forced to consider downsizing because of several years of facing economic challenges in the county, along with shrinking population base, and having to cut down on budgets down to penny for the past month.
2 What are the positives of downsizing?
Some of the positives of downsizing were when salaries and employee costs were held down.
3 What are the negatives?
Some of the negatives of downsizing included decreases in productivity and morale.
4 What other difficult decisions did the manager need to consider?
Some of the other difficult decision manager needed to consider were: who must be laid off, how much notice to give these individuals, what amount of severance pay to provide, and how much help to give the laid-off employees in finding other jobs. The manager also had to weigh the impact on service delivery : would public safety be cut, if the city could still afford to provide quality-of-life services. Also which staff should layoff: last hired or first fired, on a 10% seniority basis. Also with the employees being laid-off, how many employees from which department needed to be laid-off.
5 Why was it a problem that a comprehensive downsizing plan had not been developed?
It was a problem because now cutback decision had to be made in short order.
6 What strategies did Ron Olson offer to deal with economic bad times?
One of the best strategies Ron Olson used for dealing with the...

...Michael Jordan is arguable the best basketball player who ever played the game. A phenomenal athlete with the unique combination of fundamental soundness, grace, speed, power, artistry, and an unquenchable competitive desire, Jordan single-handedly redefined the NBA superstar. The thing that separated Jordan from the rest of the all-time greats was his compulsive need to win. Jordan was and is still known for his intense competitiveness and will to win, but that has not translated to his ownership of the Charlotte Bobcats.
Jordan burst into the league as a rookie sensation scoring in droves with an unmatchable first step and acrobatic drives and dunks and concluded his career as a cultural icon. Hard work, dedication, and the desire to be the best Jordan attained many individual accolades through out his career. Individual honors include 10 All-NBA first teams, nine all-defensive first-team, and the NBA’s most valuable player five times. Jordan is the greatest scorer the league has ever seen. He won a record 10 scoring titles, and boasted a career average of 30.1 points per game, the most in NBA history. Jordan was also among the greatest winners in NBA history leading the Chicago Bulls to six titles. Jordan became a true champion who spearheaded the globalization of the NBA. Using his dynamic on court abilities, personal sense of style, and star power Jordan built Brand Jordan. Created in 1985 Brand Jordan is an innovator of athletic shoes and apparel marketed to the...

...As a society, we are out of control, spending majority of our time obsessing over our physical appearance, and worldly possessions. We have become a society that defines our lives by the amount of things we have and how we look. The media fills our minds with unrealistic images of beauty and the notion that you can never be” too much rich or be too thin”, and the reality is this information tends shape ones perception. What is the true meaning of beauty? Adolescence place value on peer acceptance for approval, while social messages about cultural norms influences them. Beauty is something that comes from within, it being comfortable with whom you are.
In the short story “The beauty Treatment” by Stacy Richter, the writer describes a situation of teenage girls acting out violently. "The Beauty Treatment" is narrated by a teenager who has had her face slashed by her best friend. There is a type of girlfriend rivalry that is similar to any high school, but with Richter's ability quickly change direction of the story from one place to another and surprising language, this story becomes an excellent story of empathy and forgiveness. The voices of the narrators are very over the top and intense, but at the same time due to how specific they are it seems as if they could be sitting right on the side me, telling me why they are fighting with their best friend or why they are still friends. This story is kind of bizarre in a way because of the power of the narrator’s voices and...

...variety of sentences by asking questions, using exclamation points, and making imperative and declarative sentences. If I didn’t intrigue the reader then my writing wasn’t good enough and in those sentences it was required that I had to try and use more sophisticated vocabulary so that the reader won’t get bored of me repeating words. Then in my junior year I was taught how to annotate articles. My teacher said that the reason that we annotate was to put notes near parts of the article that we either found important or that we wanted to go back to for more clarification. I had also been taught the simple skill of rereading where if it didn’t make sense the first time go back and read the article all over again so I can try to understand it. Rough drafts were something that had been required since I was learning how to write paragraph papers. We would have to peer edit another student’s writing and see if we can find any errors however my experiences with this was that my friends would peer edit my writing in the class and wouldn’t be honest with my writing and say that it was good even though there may have been mistakes they could’ve told me about while they were editing. My high school English teachers had encouraged many of their students to try their best and plan out their writing by using an outline however my teachers had never given us any examples of outlines like we were given in c. We had to just use any format that we felt was good enough to...

...﻿Angie Manning
Mrs. Armstrong
English 1010
11 October 2013
ADHD: Next To Normal
ADHD, or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is not something to laugh about. It is a serious problem that a lot of people now face. It is actually a really difficult thing to deal with. I personally have dealt with having ADHD since I was in the 3rd Grade. ADHD is as serious as any other disorder, such as Autism. Living with ADHD is being nowhere near normal. A lot of people don't understand how serious this condition really is. It is something that can't be seen. Symptoms of ADHD are usually inattentiveness, hyperactivity, and impulsiveness. Some of the things that kids with ADHD must deal with on a daily basis are needing special accomodation in school, getting used to taking medication, and socializing.
Growing up with ADHD is challenging enough. Going to school makes it even more challenging. A student with ADHD has a hard time concentrating in school and gets distracted a lot. It also can effect their grades. In third grade, I was diagnosed with ADHD and had to retake the grade all over again. It is not the best feeling in the world getting held back because you think you are stupid. A kid with ADHD will usually learn slower than the rest of the other kids in their class. Sometimes they won't even understand what is going on at all. Since they can't learn like the other kids and can't be put into a special needs class, they have to get special accomodation from the teacher....

...Background
Smooth Sailing is a private company that operates one cruise ship. Recently, pirate activity in the area where the cruise ship operates has increased, thus affecting the cruise ship’s potential future cash flows. The cash flow decline has directly contributed to a decline in the overall fair value of the cruise ship.
Smooth Sailing has determined three possible options for its future, along with the probabilities of occurrence and estimated cash flows (ECF):
1. Continue operating the cruise ship in current area. (10% probability with $4.0 million ECF)
2. Operate cruise ship in new area with fewer pirates. (20% probability with $6.0 million ECF)
3. Operate for one more year and then return ship to lender. (70% probability with $1.0 million ECF)
These events show that the carrying amount of the asset group may not be recoverable; thus, Smooth Sailing will need to test the asset group for recoverability and potential impairment in accordance with ASC 360-10 at the end of the current fiscal year.
As of 31 December 2010, the cruise ship’s estimated fair value is $3.0 million, the net book value is $4.6 million, and the estimated remaining useful life is five years. We also assume that no matter which decision is made, the net working capital will be released for use and can be used for calculations in ECF. This is because no matter when and how the ship will be retired or sold back, the net working capital will be released.
The main issue Smooth...

...that the Saints’ actions are more destructive than the Roughnecks. The actions of both gangs during the week are to find any way possible to evade class and leave campus grounds. Although the Roughnecks wanted to skip, they were not as successful as the Saints. It is also apparent that both gangs participated in cheating during nearly every test (William J.C. “The Saints and the Roughnecks”). Moving towards the weekends, the Saints would flee to the Big Town, a large city next to Hanibal. By doing this, they are able to hide their deviant actions from the community of Hanibal. The Saints would participate in delinquent actions such as vandalism, theft, driving under the influence, and speeding. The Saints would play pranks on local cops and rough up innocent motorists with petty tricks, as well as steal from construction sites and leaving their equipment hanging off of things like light posts. Although the Roughnecks enjoyed in participating in similar activities, their hangout was a drugstore within Hanibal (William J.C. “The Saints and the Roughnecks”). Since both gangs are almost identical in their delinquent actions and behaviors, one must look beyond this and into the Delinquency and Drift theory developed by David Matza. Delinquency and Drift is the way in which young people rationalize delinquent behavior and are able to engage in it without feeling any guilt or as if they are doing anything wrong. This usually happens when young people see laws as...